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Post by BossMan on Aug 11, 2023 17:28:45 GMT
Incumbent- Festus Akinbusoye, Conservative
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Post by carolus on Aug 12, 2023 8:34:18 GMT
2021: Con 51,700 (42.4%) Lab 42,708 (35.0%) LD 15,983 (13.1%) Ind 8,279 (6.8%) English Democrat 3,387 (2.8%)
Second Round: Con 59,793 (54.1%) Lab 50,815 (45.9%)
In 2016 the winner was Con by 1.4% over Lab in the first round and 3.2% in the second.
In 2012 the winner was Lab by 2.1% over Con in the first round and 5.6% in the second.
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Post by ricmk on Jan 9, 2024 22:16:39 GMT
John Tizard selected for Labour.
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Post by batman on Jan 10, 2024 7:47:31 GMT
goodness, he's been around for ever & a day. I remember him being a parliamentary candidate for Mid Beds when I was in my early 20s! (I used to spend a lot of time in Bedfordshire in those days.)
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Post by carolus on Apr 5, 2024 17:35:42 GMT
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Post by greenhert on Apr 5, 2024 18:19:44 GMT
goodness, he's been around for ever & a day. I remember him being a parliamentary candidate for Mid Beds when I was in my early 20s! (I used to spend a lot of time in Bedfordshire in those days.) His first Parliamentary election attempt was back in 1979 (for Arundel)
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Post by peterl on Apr 9, 2024 17:25:55 GMT
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Post by Sg1 on Apr 18, 2024 2:00:38 GMT
John Tizard selected for Labour. He'll have something of a mission to win here, but I'm sure it's on Labour's radar.
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Post by batman on Apr 18, 2024 7:51:44 GMT
Well yes, seeing that the previously safest Conservative seat in the area now has a Labour MP. With Labour likely to be very strongly ahead indeed in Luton & Bedford I don't see how the Tories garner enough votes in the remainder to prevent Tizard winning.
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Post by listener on Apr 22, 2024 22:40:43 GMT
BEDFORDSHIRE RESULT 2021
2021 PARO – Luton
Overall result (First Stage) (total valid ballots 122,057)
Conservatives ahead in all districts, except Luton (Lab)
Con 51,700 – 42.4% Lab 42,708 – 35.0% Lib Dem 15,983 – 13.1% Independent 8,279 – 6.8% English Democrats 3,387 – 2.8%
Bedford (total valid ballots 33,886)
Con 12,250 – 36.2% Lab 10,825 – 31.9% Lib Dem 8,084 – 23.9% Independent 1,808 – 5.3% English Democrats 919 – 2.7%
Central Bedfordshire (total valid ballots 53,280)
Con 29,269 – 54.9% Lab 13,056 – 24.5% Lib Dem 4,933 – 9.3% Independent 4,609 – 8.7% English Democrats 1,413 – 2.7%
Luton (total valid ballots 34,891)
Con 10,181 – 29.2% Lab 18,827 – 54.0% Lib Dem 2,966 – 8.5% Independent 1,862 – 5.3% English Democrats 1,055 – 3.0%
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Post by andrea on May 3, 2024 12:34:52 GMT
Labour gain
John Tizard (Labour) - 40, 738 (40.46%) Festus Akinbusoye (Conservative) - 35,688 (35.44%) Jasbar Parmer (Lib Dem) - 15,857 (16.7%) Waheed Akbar (Workers Party) - 8,396 (8.3%)
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Post by heslingtonian on May 3, 2024 19:23:25 GMT
Labour gain John Tizard (Labour) - 40, 738 (40.46%) Festus Akinbusoye (Conservative) - 35,688 (35.44%) Jasbar Parmer (Lib Dem) - 15,857 (16.7%) Waheed Akbar (Workers Party) - 8,396 (8.3%) Not a great year politically for Festus Akinbusoye.
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Post by john07 on May 3, 2024 23:49:09 GMT
Labour gain John Tizard (Labour) - 40, 738 (40.46%) Festus Akinbusoye (Conservative) - 35,688 (35.44%) Jasbar Parmer (Lib Dem) - 15,857 (16.7%) Waheed Akbar (Workers Party) - 8,396 (8.3%) Not a great year politically for Festus Akinbusoye. Wasn't he in the Addams Family? Or was that his uncle?
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Post by CatholicLeft on May 4, 2024 19:48:23 GMT
Labour gain John Tizard (Labour) - 40, 738 (40.46%) Festus Akinbusoye (Conservative) - 35,688 (35.44%) Jasbar Parmer (Lib Dem) - 15,857 (16.7%) Waheed Akbar (Workers Party) - 8,396 (8.3%) Not a great year politically for Festus Akinbusoye. Did he actually agree to an interview this time?
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Post by greenhert on May 4, 2024 19:57:11 GMT
I honestly thought that with a Workers' Party candidate being on a ballot, Labour would have no realistic chances of winning this PCC election, especially with Labour's strongest area in Bedfordshire being Luton where the Israel-Gaza conflict would be such a strongly salient issue (and also in Bedford).
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Post by batman on May 4, 2024 20:44:59 GMT
Well we did recently win Mid Beds in a parliamentary by-election, and that was the Tories' strongest seat in Beds beforehand, with NE Beds just behind, so it was always a possibility
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Post by Disgusted Of Tunbridge Wells on May 5, 2024 0:03:16 GMT
I honestly thought that with a Workers' Party candidate being on a ballot, Labour would have no realistic chances of winning this PCC election, especially with Labour's strongest area in Bedfordshire being Luton where the Israel-Gaza conflict would be such a strongly salient issue (and also in Bedford). Luton is still close to 50% White British, and some of the Muslim population will be more moderate on the issue of Palestine (the ones who have done well and integrated.) Plus it's only around 1/3 of Bedfordshire population, and Bedford isn't particularly heavily Muslim.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 5, 2024 4:30:55 GMT
I honestly thought that with a Workers' Party candidate being on a ballot, Labour would have no realistic chances of winning this PCC election, especially with Labour's strongest area in Bedfordshire being Luton where the Israel-Gaza conflict would be such a strongly salient issue (and also in Bedford). Luton is still close to 50% White British, and some of the Muslim population will be more moderate on the issue of Palestine (the ones who have done well and integrated.) Plus it's only around 1/3 of Bedfordshire population, and Bedford isn't particularly heavily Muslim. 31.8% - closer to 50% than it is to zero I suppose..
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Post by Disgusted Of Tunbridge Wells on May 5, 2024 11:32:42 GMT
Luton is still close to 50% White British, and some of the Muslim population will be more moderate on the issue of Palestine (the ones who have done well and integrated.) Plus it's only around 1/3 of Bedfordshire population, and Bedford isn't particularly heavily Muslim. 31.8% - closer to 50% than it is to zero I suppose.. I was using the last census figures with 45.2% of Luton residents identifying as White British.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on May 5, 2024 18:04:30 GMT
31.8% - closer to 50% than it is to zero I suppose.. I was using the last census figures with 45.2% of Luton residents identifying as White British. Which is incorrect.
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